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Catriona Child
CELEBRATED AUTHOR

After graduating with an MA in English, Catriona was inspired to write her first novel while working in a shop in Edinburgh.

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DISNEY PIXAR

Gordon Cameron graduated with a BSc in Computer Science and now works on movies such as Toy Story and Brave.

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CALL THE MIDWIFE

After graduating with a BA Hons in History, Laura Main is now a well-known face on our TV screens.

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FILMING THE OCEANS

After graduating with a BSc (Hons) in Zoology, Simon Enderby now runs his own filming company Scubazoo Images, South-East Asia's largest natural history filming company.

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AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER

Joanna Gill won the Cappella Nova Competition in 2018 and has performed in front of the Queen and sung at Abbey Road Studio and the BBC Proms.

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SCOTS SCRIEVER

Shane Strachan is a lecturer, a succesful author and the National Library of Scotland's Scots Scriever, creating new work engaging with their collections in Doric.

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CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL

After 19 years working for the BBC, Claire White now offers presentation, production and research services to a wide variety of clients.

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CHASING LIGHT

Zoology graduate Kieran Dodds has gone on to have a career as an award-winning photographer.

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GAME OF THRONES

Former English student and honorary graduate Iain Glen is a well known and highly regarded actor, having appeared across stage and screen, including in television phenomenon Game of Thrones.

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FOLK MUSICIAN

After studying music at the University, Amy was a finalist for the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year.

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BBC NEWS

History & Politics graduate Adam Porter has become a recognised voice in households across the UK reading the news on BBC radio.

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ACTING

English and Film & Visual Culture graduate Brad Morrison is an actor who has appeared in ITV series Grace and feature film Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them: The Crimes Of Grindelwald.

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BEANO

2017 English & Legal Studies graduate Grace Balfour-Harle now works at the Beano writing features and editing scripts for some of the nation's most beloved comic characters including Billy Whizz and Calamity James.

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BUSINESS COMMS EXPERT

Fraser Allen worked in journalism before launching an award-winning marketing agency and a publishing company. He now runs his own comms company and hosts the Scottish Business Network podcast.

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CREATING MURDER MYSTERIES

Alison Telfer runs Right Here Productions, a film, theatre and entertainment business.